Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

ÍB 51 fol.

ÍB 51 fol.Svartskinna (1668-1708, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Later additionNote: From the 19th c.1. (1r-42v) Huga saga sterka og Skaplers konungsIcelandicNote: cf. Hug Schapler, Strassburg 15002. (43r-55v) Sigurgarðs saga og Valbrands (defective)IcelandicNote: Lacking at the beginning and fragmentary due to damageNote: Starts in chapter 73. (56r-112r) TrójumannasagaIcelandicSkrifuð Anno 16884. (112v-162v) Tristrams saga og Ísöndar (defective)IcelandicHún talaði þá mörg orð um ást þeirra og samvistir og um þeirra ...Note: Lacking at the end5. (163r-168v) Ketils saga hængs (defective)Icelandic... á sjó til fiskjar. Það var og um dag er hann var róin að Ketill tók einn fiskbát ...Note: Lacking at the mere beginning6. (169r-172r) Gríms saga loðinkinnaIcelandicNú kemur frá Grími loðinkinna7. (172v-202v) Örvar-Odds saga (defective)IcelandicNú kemur Örvar Odds sagaNote: Ends defective. Possible lacuna in the middle, or may be mis-bound8. (1r-1v) Loðvíks saga fyrsta Frakkakonungs og Vilhjálms af Choren (defective)IcelandicNote: Fragment, only one leafNote: Counted in the P.E.Ó. catalogue as the first item but no trace of it now

CodexPaper202Note: The catalogue counts 408 pages or 204 folios275mm x 180mmYesLater foliation: Foliation from time of conservation, does not agree current foliationPoor: Leaves torn at the edges and lacking at both beginning and end as well as in between.Note: Verses are distinguished by bigger writing245mm x 152mmYesJón ÞórðarsonChanceryMajor

Info: Magnús Jónsson i Vígur's scribe.

UnknownHum cursivaMinor

Info: A younger hand from ca. 1820 filled in lacking text on added folios

Moderate

Initial: Some coloured in yellow, green. Some contain faces

Low

Added fols. 62r-62v, 151r-151v, 166r-166v and their text from ca. 1820.
Some contemporary additions.

None

Binding lost; now loose leaves

1668-1708Iceland

Þorlákur Ólafsson: DonorMagnús Jónsson Digri: Comissioner

Last update: 2016-03-28

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